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beginning ; and , after a struggle of eight years , its affairs were wound up , and the warrant returned to Grand Lodge , in 1841 . Years / rolled on without Masonry existing in any way , but as matter of history , in Louth , until 1853 , when the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Town Hall with ^ Masonic honours took place , as we have already described . This would seem to have stirred up the not yet extinct embers of the
Craft . But whether this be so or not , certain it is that in the present year a stir was made towards the formation of a Lodge once more ; and we may add that no one showed greater or more laudable zeal and anxiety in the matter than the Be v . B . J . Wood , a personal friend of the Earl of Yarborough , who had not long been presented by his lordship to the rectory of Ruekland , near Louth . Bro . Wood had for many years done the cause good service , as a member of the Shakspere Lodge , at Spilsby , of which he was W . M ., and he now tanks as P . Prov . G . Chap , of Iiincblnshire .
.. The warrant , having been applied for through Bro . Wood and his noble patron , it was dated the 31 st of August , 1857 , and issued by the proper authorities , the Bight Hon . the Earl of Zetland , G . M . of England , Lord Panmure , D . G . M . of England , & c . ; the title of the Lodge being the " Lindsey Lodge , No . 1 , 014 . " The chief room of the " Public Building , " in Mercer Bow ( with iL convenient
rooms adjoining ) , was engaged for the transaction of the business of the Lodge ; and on Friday evening , the 11 th September , the Lodge was formally opened by P . M . Bro . Blakelock- ( the oldest standard Mason in the town ) , and Bro . the Rev . B . J . Wood was * duly installed by him and P . M ; Bro . Fowler as the first ¦
W . M . :. ; ; ;;; .,. .: ;¦ . ;; v The W . M ., in returning thanks for the honour conferred upon him , expressed the high satisfaction he felt at the re-establishment of a Lodge in that important and influential town . It would have been strange indeed if a town possessing betwixt 11 , 000 and 12 , 000 inhabitants , should have longer remained without a
Masonic Lodge , when so many other towns much smaller than it , in the same county , had had flourishing Lodges for many years . He sincerely congratulated them on the revival of the ancient Craft in the town of Louth ; trusting that it would prosper , and assuring them that , so far as he was personally concerned , he would do all in his power towards its promotion ; and , from what he had learned , he had no doubt that those whom he saw around him would lend him their
assistance . The W . M . then appointed the following officers ¦ : — Bros . Waite , S . W . ; C . M . Nesbitt , J . W . ; Capt . Nell , Sec . ; S . C . Blakelock , S . D . ; J . H . Simons , J . D . ; C . Ingoldby , I . G ., & c . Several propositions of new members were made , and other routine business transacted , and the Lodge was then adjourned . The next meeting will be on the 9 th Oct ., and will be in every respect an important one , as the different Lodges of the province are to be invited , and . the inauguration of the Lindsey Lodge is to be celebrated by a dinner at the Masons ' Arms Hotel .
NORTHUMBERLAND . Newoastle-upon-Tine . —Nortltwnberland Lodge ( No . 985 ) . —The first meeting of the season of this newly-established Lodge was held on Tuesday , the 1 st of September , under the able presidency of Bro . Mark L . Jobling , W . M . ; assisted by Bros . John L . Challoner , Wm . Johnstone , John Hopper , and John Barker , P . Ms . ; also Bros . J . Shield , W . B . Scott , H . G . Ludwig , kc . A ballot was taken for the admission of three Brethren as joining members , Bro . Barker , in handing to the Secretary the certificates of the initiation , passing , and raising of Bro .
H . L , P . Gentile , in the Northumberland Lodge , in the Buckingham Lodge at Aylesbury , and the St . George ' s Lodge at Chertsey , bore testimony to the courtesy and brotherly feeling of the W . Mh . and Brethren of these Lodges , and the hospitality with which Bro . Gentile and himself had been received on those occasions ; and he moved that the Lodge acknowledge by letter the kindness and brotherly courtesies of the members of those Lodges ; and convey to them the readiness with which No . 985 would at any time reciprocate the compliment . The motion was carried unanimously . The Lodge was closed .
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beginning ; and , after a struggle of eight years , its affairs were wound up , and the warrant returned to Grand Lodge , in 1841 . Years / rolled on without Masonry existing in any way , but as matter of history , in Louth , until 1853 , when the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Town Hall with ^ Masonic honours took place , as we have already described . This would seem to have stirred up the not yet extinct embers of the
Craft . But whether this be so or not , certain it is that in the present year a stir was made towards the formation of a Lodge once more ; and we may add that no one showed greater or more laudable zeal and anxiety in the matter than the Be v . B . J . Wood , a personal friend of the Earl of Yarborough , who had not long been presented by his lordship to the rectory of Ruekland , near Louth . Bro . Wood had for many years done the cause good service , as a member of the Shakspere Lodge , at Spilsby , of which he was W . M ., and he now tanks as P . Prov . G . Chap , of Iiincblnshire .
.. The warrant , having been applied for through Bro . Wood and his noble patron , it was dated the 31 st of August , 1857 , and issued by the proper authorities , the Bight Hon . the Earl of Zetland , G . M . of England , Lord Panmure , D . G . M . of England , & c . ; the title of the Lodge being the " Lindsey Lodge , No . 1 , 014 . " The chief room of the " Public Building , " in Mercer Bow ( with iL convenient
rooms adjoining ) , was engaged for the transaction of the business of the Lodge ; and on Friday evening , the 11 th September , the Lodge was formally opened by P . M . Bro . Blakelock- ( the oldest standard Mason in the town ) , and Bro . the Rev . B . J . Wood was * duly installed by him and P . M ; Bro . Fowler as the first ¦
W . M . :. ; ; ;;; .,. .: ;¦ . ;; v The W . M ., in returning thanks for the honour conferred upon him , expressed the high satisfaction he felt at the re-establishment of a Lodge in that important and influential town . It would have been strange indeed if a town possessing betwixt 11 , 000 and 12 , 000 inhabitants , should have longer remained without a
Masonic Lodge , when so many other towns much smaller than it , in the same county , had had flourishing Lodges for many years . He sincerely congratulated them on the revival of the ancient Craft in the town of Louth ; trusting that it would prosper , and assuring them that , so far as he was personally concerned , he would do all in his power towards its promotion ; and , from what he had learned , he had no doubt that those whom he saw around him would lend him their
assistance . The W . M . then appointed the following officers ¦ : — Bros . Waite , S . W . ; C . M . Nesbitt , J . W . ; Capt . Nell , Sec . ; S . C . Blakelock , S . D . ; J . H . Simons , J . D . ; C . Ingoldby , I . G ., & c . Several propositions of new members were made , and other routine business transacted , and the Lodge was then adjourned . The next meeting will be on the 9 th Oct ., and will be in every respect an important one , as the different Lodges of the province are to be invited , and . the inauguration of the Lindsey Lodge is to be celebrated by a dinner at the Masons ' Arms Hotel .
NORTHUMBERLAND . Newoastle-upon-Tine . —Nortltwnberland Lodge ( No . 985 ) . —The first meeting of the season of this newly-established Lodge was held on Tuesday , the 1 st of September , under the able presidency of Bro . Mark L . Jobling , W . M . ; assisted by Bros . John L . Challoner , Wm . Johnstone , John Hopper , and John Barker , P . Ms . ; also Bros . J . Shield , W . B . Scott , H . G . Ludwig , kc . A ballot was taken for the admission of three Brethren as joining members , Bro . Barker , in handing to the Secretary the certificates of the initiation , passing , and raising of Bro .
H . L , P . Gentile , in the Northumberland Lodge , in the Buckingham Lodge at Aylesbury , and the St . George ' s Lodge at Chertsey , bore testimony to the courtesy and brotherly feeling of the W . Mh . and Brethren of these Lodges , and the hospitality with which Bro . Gentile and himself had been received on those occasions ; and he moved that the Lodge acknowledge by letter the kindness and brotherly courtesies of the members of those Lodges ; and convey to them the readiness with which No . 985 would at any time reciprocate the compliment . The motion was carried unanimously . The Lodge was closed .